Small-scale farmers in developing economies worldwide may soon have better financial tools to manage the risk of drought with a new AMA Innovation Lab project using ultra-high resolution satellite data.
This USAID-focused event was an opportunity to bring researchers and policy-makers into the same room to discuss index insurance and its function as a promising tool for building resilience among impoverished farmers around the world.
AMA Innovation Lab research on index-based livestock insurance, originally posted to the UC Davis One Health blog, was highlighted in a new multi-university joint venture. UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley, Stanford and UC Davis are now collaborating on a monthly newsletter covering a wide range of global health research, news, and events.
On March 7, 2017, USAID's online hub Agrilinks featured a new AMA Innovation Lab project that use a randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the impacts of combining programs that offer training, support and aid with affordable insurance to reduce chronic poverty.
On March 3, 2017, the Global Index Insurance Facility's Index Insurance Forum featured a new AMA Innovation Lab project that will evaluate the impacts of combining programs that offer training, support and aid with affordable insurance to reduce chronic poverty.
On February 27, 2017, University of California News featured a new AMA Innovation Lab project that will evaluate the impacts of combining programs that offer training, support and aid with affordable insurance to reduce chronic poverty.
On February 28, 2017, the Davis Enterprise featured a new AMA Innovation Lab project that will evaluate the impacts of combining programs that offer training, support and aid with affordable insurance to reduce chronic poverty.
UC Davis News featured a new AMA Innovation Lab project that use a randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the impacts of combining programs that offer training, support and aid with affordable insurance to reduce chronic poverty.
The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Assets and Market Access has just launched a $1.4 million project in Kenya to evaluate the impacts of combining programs that offer training, support and aid with affordable insurance to reduce chronic poverty.
To increase maize productivity in Kenya will require solutions from researchers, policy makers and those in seed and input markets, was the consensus at a Feb. 8, 2017 conference in Nairobi.
